154 by Wire - Album Lyrics & Tracks

9 ContributorsI Should Have Known Better LyricsIn an act of contrition

I lay down by your side

It's not your place to comment

On my state of distress

 

For this is for real

I've tears in my eyes

Am I laughing or crying?

I suggest I'm not lying

 

I haven't found a measure yet to

Calibrate my displeasure yet so

 

To ignore my warning

Could be your folly

The judgement is harsh

I offer no plea

 

Valuing the vengeance which you treasure

I've redefined the meaning of vendetta

 

The procession's disordered

You protect your possessions

In light of your actions

I question your love

 

 

May I make an observation

Your bite is worse than my aggression

 

I should have known better

I should have known better

Than to become a target

Albeit a target which moves

 

No offer of terms or concessions

For statements or confessions

You don't feel warm, I pass close by

 

You shiver, I whisper

Excuse me, what's your problem?

Oh, I see

I should have known better

I should have known better

You should have known

I should have known better

I should have known better

I should have known better

I should have known

I should have known

I should have known better

I should have known

13 ContributorsThe 15th LyricsReviewed, it seemed

As if someone were watching over it

Before it was

As if response were based on fact

 

Providing, deciding

It was soon there

Squared to it, faced to it

It was not there

 

Renewed, it fought

As if it had a cause to live for

Denied, it learned

As if it had sooner been destroyed

 

Providing, deciding

It was soon there

Squared to it, faced to it

It was not there

 

Reviewed, it fought, as if someone were watching over it

Before it had sooner been denied

Renewed, it seemed as if it had a cause to live for

Destroyed, it was later based on fact

 

Providing, deciding

It was soon there

Squared to it, faced to it

It was lost there

6 ContributorsSingle K.O. LyricsI've found something

No one else is looking for

I've found something

That there's no use for

 

And what's more

I'm keeping it to myself

 

I'm leaning over backwards

Shoulders pressed to the floor

I'm leaning over backwards

Shoulders pressed to the door

 

Two falls or one submission

Or a single K.O

Two falls or one submission

Or a single K.O

But what's one submission

Amongst, amongst friends?

[Verse 1]

As a mutual friend, it was difficult to pretend

That I was anything less than concerned

Hearing of your troubles

Has forced me to double

My interest in your current affairs

 

[Verse 2]

It's no use despising a new unknown horizon

Now your son has set his sights upon the Moon

So precipitous a decision has clouded your vision

And altered the pitch of your... tune

 

[Bridge]

Please don't turn a deaf ear to the noises you hear

While savagely your love you prune

For he might replace the old with the Moon

He might replace the old with the Moon

In March, April, May, and June

July, August, September, soon

He might replace the old with the Moon

It could be October

November, or even December

So in January and February, remember

 

[Outro]

He might replace the old with the Moon

He might replace the old quite soon

He might replace the old with the Moon

He might replace the old with the Moon

He might replace the old quite soon...

7 ContributorsIndirect Enquiries LyricsYou gained respect as we passed

Not a wave, a gestured wink

I was forced to think

I couldn't ignore

I've seen you before

 

Joking aside, face to face

It's the one I cannot place

A hint might enlarge your imprint

I think I've had a taste of

A savoury, denial would be a waste

 

Lying prone

Hiding in a column, between SALE and ZDRK

Sky, sand, and moorland, shepherd's delight

Not in the sun, which stops you from walking

 

I might find you

But I lack the patience

Passed a corner, you'd been stolen

Ate a meal, you'd been defaced

 

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced, you'd been defaced

You'd been defaced